Location
Recording studio: Olympic Sound Studios, London
Timeline
Session Jan 25, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 16
Session Jan 26, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 17
Session Jan 26, 1969 • Mixing the "Get Back" album (1st compilation) #2
Article Jan 27, 1969 • Allen Klein meets with John Lennon
Session Jan 27, 1969 • The "Get Back / Let It Be" sessions • Day 18
Master release
On this Sunday, The Beatles continued their “Get Back” sessions at Apple Studios in London, marking the sixth day at their new studio and the 17th day overall for the project.
That evening, engineer Glyn Johns took several recordings from the day’s session to Olympic Sound Studios, where he prepared a series of rough mixes. He also mixed a version of “Don’t Let Me Down” recorded on January 22. These mixes were not intended for official release — they served as reference versions, allowing The Beatles to hear how the tracks sounded on record and take them home for review.
The following day, January 27, the session began with Glyn Johns playing back the results of his overnight mixes.
Glyn Johns had already mixed tracks from the “Get Back” sessions on the evening of January 24.
About Glyn Johns’ “Get Back” compilations
A few months after the end of the “Get Back” sessions, engineer/producer Glyn Johns was given the task of compiling an actual album. Glyn made four different variants of the album, two of them having been considered for release at some point.
| Compilation 1 – January 1969 | Compilation 2 – Early May 1969 | Compilation 3 – Late May 1969 | Compilation 4 – January 1970 |
| Mixed: January 24, 1969 January 26, 1969 January 27, 1969 January 30, 1969 | Mixed: February 5, 1969 March-May, 1969 March 4, 1969 April 3, 1969 April 4, 1969 April 7, 1969 May 2, 1969 May 7, 1969 May 9, 1969 | Mixed: May 15, 1969 May 28, 1969 | Additional recording: January 3, 1970 January 8, 1970 Mixed: December 15, 1969 December 21, 1969 January 5, 1970 |
| Side one 1. Get Back 2. The Walk 3. Let It Be 4. Teddy Boy 5. Two Of Us Side two 6. Don’t Let Me Down 7. I’ve Got A Feeling 8. The Long And Winding Road 9. For You Blue 10. Dig A Pony 11. Get Back | Side one 1. One After 909 2. Rocker 3. Save the Last Dance for Me 4. Don’t Let Me Down 5. Dig a Pony 6. I’ve Got a Feeling 7. Get Back Side two 8. For You Blue 9. Teddy Boy 10. Two of Us 11. Maggie Mae 12. Dig It 13. Let It Be 14. The Long and Winding Road 15. Get Back (reprise) | Side one 1. One After 909 (DDSI.30.08) 2. Rocker (DDSI.22.58) 3. Save the Last Dance for Me (DDSI.22.59) 4. Don’t Let Me Down (DDSI.22.80) 5. Dig a Pony (DDSI.23.70) 6. I’ve Got a Feeling (DDSI.22.71) 7. Get Back (DDSI.27.63 & 28.43) Side two 8. For You Blue (DDSI.25.47) 9. Teddy Boy (DDSI.24.33) 10. Two of Us (DDSI.24.69) 11. Maggie Mae (DDSI.24.49) 12. Dig It (Excerpt of DDSI.24.85) 13. Let It Be (31.64 + overdubbed guitar solor) 14. The Long and Winding Road (DDSI.26.91) 15. Get Back (reprise) (DDSI.28.43) | Side one 1. One After 909 2. Rocker 3. Save the Last Dance for Me 4. Don’t Let Me Down 5. Dig a Pony 6. I’ve Got a Feeling 7. Get Back 8. Let It Be Side two 9. For You Blue 10. Two of Us 11. Maggie Mae 12. Dig It 13. The Long and Winding Road 14. I Me Mine 15. Across the Universe 16. Get Back (reprise) |
Session activities
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Mixing • DDSI.26.91
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Mixing • DDSI.26.74
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Mixing • DDSI.22.60
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Written by Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison
Mixing • DDSI.26.55
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Written by Robert Blackwell, John Marascalco
Mixing • DDSI.26.56
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Written by Charles E. Calhoun
Mixing • DDSI.26.57
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Written by Richard Penniman / Little Richard, Enotris Johnson
Mixing • DDSI.26.58
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Written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
Mixing • DDSI.26.58
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Written by Lloyd Price
Mixing • DDSI.26.58
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Written by Carl Perkins
Mixing • DDSI.26.59
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Written by Smokey Robinson
Mixing • DDSI.26.60
